Method and means for curling hair



April 12, 1932- A. K. E. MAASS 1,854,050

METHOD AND MEANS FOR GURLING HATR Filed Feb. 25, 1929 A fl/f/Zl/l 5/7405 cI-ANVENTOR 2/ BY My ms ATTORNEY manner in which the hair is arranged Patented Apr. 12, 1932 TF'AB'IHUR K. E. MAASS, or cmoeeo, ILLINOIS METHOD AND MEANS FOR CURLING HAIR Application filed February 25, 1929. Serial No. 342,443.

This invention relates to certain novel im- 7 provements in methods and means for curling hair and has for its principal ob ect the rovision of an improved construction of this character which will be highly efficient in use and economical in manufacture.

The salient object of my invention is to provide a method and means for curling hair to produce a natural curl in the hair.

Another object of the invention, ancillary to the foregoing, is to provide an arrangement of the above named character which will act to produce a tighter and stronger curl at the scalp ends of the hair than that produced at the free ends.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a curling iron intended to be used on connection with my method which will be so arranged that it will very effectively heat the hair and one which will also be arranged to permit the escape of vapors resulting from the curling process.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings showing the preferred form of construction and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a preferred form of construction for my improved curling iron;

- Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the in the device disclosed in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on the line 3-3 on Fig. 1 and drawn to an enlarged scale.

In the accompanying drawings wherein 1 have illustrated the preferred form of construction for. my curling iron 10 generically indicates the curling iron which includes cooperating members 11 and 12. The member j 11 includes a hollow handle portion 13 and the member. 12 includes a hollow handle portion 14. The hair heating or receivingportions of the members 11 and 12 are indicated by 15 and16 respectively and the portion 15 is offset from alignment with the portion 13 60 and the portion 16 is offset from alignment with the portion 14 so that when the portion 17, that interconnects the portion 13 and 15, is disposed above the portion 18, which interconnectsthe portion 14 and 16, the portion 16 will be substantially aligned with the portion 1 1; vThe portions 17 and 18 are interconnected by a suitable connecting'member such as the rivet 19 and in one of the members a slot such as 20 is provided topermit slight "relative movement between the portions 11 and 12. V 'The hair receiving portions 15 and 16 are arranged in. substantially abutting relation and are so formed that the peripheries thereof are substantially semicircular in contour so that when these portions are arranged in substantially abutting relation their peripheries will be arranged to form a member substantially circular in cross-section. As best illustrated in Fig. 3 the portions 21 and 22 of the members 15 and 16 that are arranged opposite to each other are preferably made of greater thickness than the depending portio'nsor the portions of said members which extend toward each other. These depending portions are indicated by 23 and 21 on the member 15 and 25 and 26 on the member 16.' In the portion 23 adjacent the edge thereof an elongated slot 27 is formed and a so 2 similar slot 28 is formed in theportion 24:. Similarslots 29 and 30 are provided in the 3 portions 25 and26. It is apparent that the members 16 and 15 are hollowed out and, therefore, when theyare arranged in substantially' abutting relation an elongated substantially cylindrical pocket is defined thereby. The hollowed out portion in the member 15 is indicated by 3,1 and the hollowed out portion in the member 16 is indicated by 32.

The curling iron 10 is preferably made from a material which Will absorb heat in a substantially uniform manner so that when the iron 10 is heated the hair receiving portions 15 and 16 will be heated uniformly throughout their length.

In using my improved curling iron the following method is employed. Several strands of hair are gripped adjacent the free ends and are then wound about the rod 33 with these free ends inwardly disposed so that the scalp ends of the hair will be outwardly disposed. After the winding is completed the rod 33 is placed in either the hollowed portion 31 or the hollowed out portioni32 and the other of these portions is then moved into abutting position and thus the woundstrands of hair are enclosed in the iron. Since the scalp ends of the hair are outwardly disposed they will receive more heat than the free ends and, therefore, 'a tighter and better curl will be produced "at'these scalp ends.

Curly hair is substantially fiat in crosssection while straight hair is substantially round in cross-section. The object of heat ing hair 'is 'to slightly melt the same so that it will change from the substantially round condition to the substantially flat condition. Therefore, since I heat the strands of hair at the scalp ends in a greater amount than Ijheat the free ends, it isapparent that this flattening will be greater at the scalp ends than at the free ends and,therefore, a tighter and stronger curl will be produced at the scalp ends. Further, by so windingthe hair that the free ends are interiorly disposed when the winding is complete I-am enabled to produce a more natural curl thanthat re sulting in any other method. In asmuch as I effectivelyhefat the scalp ends of the strands of'hair to partially melt and fiattenlthe same Ia'men'abled to'producfe a long-lasting curl which is also an advantage. The construction of my 'iron'w'hich effectively encloses the wound hair also enters into the producing of the improvements which I have set forth above for an iron of ordinary construction could not be :employedto effectively heat all ofthe hair simultaneously :as I am able to do with my-iron and, thereforeythe accomplislr merit of the above advantages is not only enhanced by the employment of my" iron but the speed with which the operation is carried-out is also increased. 7

While I have illustrated and described the preferred'form of construction for carrying my' invention into efiect this 'is'capa'b'le of variation and modification, without, departin'g'f-rom the spirit ofthe invention. Tetherefore, 'cl'o notwish .to be limited to the precise details of construction 'setfforth, but desire to avail myself of such variationsan'd modi- 

